Magpies are birds of the Corvidae (crow) family, including the black and white Eurasian magpie, which is one of the few animal species known to be able to recognize itself in a mirror test.[1] In addition to other members of the genus Pica, corvids considered as magpies are in the genera Cissa, Cyanopica and Urocissa. I am sharing this globe with these birds!

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Tan Sri A Samad Ismail, may he rest in an eternal peace!

I saw him today at Pantai Medical Centre at 1.30pm, he was in a state of a coma but yet he looked so peaceful in that state of unconsciousness, then later that afternoon he passed away! Truly a great man, sometimes misunderstood. But those who know will attest that he was one of the most politically motivated and an influential Malay persons that have ever lived in this century. I just hope Lee Kuan Yew will not have it easy when a time for him to meet his maker.

7 comments:

I had coffee with Pak Samad back in 1996 and clearly his view was that the biggest enemy of Malaysian are the Ketuanan Melayu and added the sinking of UMNO one day will be the beginning of a better new era.

muhibbah, from the tone of your "voice" I know you are not a Malay. I may agree with what Pak Samad had said to you. My generation I was raised by everyone is equal, yes, brown, yellow or black.And only Umno can do that with the rest of the "Parti Perikatan".The problem is for a Malay like me we are in a Catch-22 situation, that is damned if we do not have Umno and damned if we have it.I cannot see this country being ruled by the ilk of Sivarasa, Tian Chua, Gopalkrishnan and Gwo Burne, and Azmin Ali who have shown a serious racist tendency.At the same time I cannot and will not allow again Umno be occupied with the likes of arrogant Umno Malay politicians. I think the time has come for the Rakyat to be called "Yang Berhormat" because the politicians that we elected work for us. The time has come for Umno to do some "ethnic cleansing" within the party unless we want to see Pak Samad prophecy to come true!

Dear Pasquale, you are very discerning in your writing and reading of posted comments. Your views on the Catch-22 situation is very well put across, and I agree with you that some cleansing will be required. However, I feel at this time it is not appropriate to put down LKY

anonymous, who ever you are, it is not that hard to put down LKY. If I am not mistaken Pak Samad was THE founder member of the PAP, LKY used him, declared him persona non grata until the latter years when it was partially lifted. The island republic should azt least name a street or a road or a mosque after A. SAmad Ismail. But knowing how chauvinist the Singapore government is I don't believe the republic knows the meaning of the word gratitude, just plain kiasu! Sorry I shall not put down LKY but you now know my feeling about this sort of things. No malice intended on my part just expressing my frustration against stuff that should not frustrate me in the first place. Cheers!

Dear Pasquale, do you want me to swear on the Quran? I am prepard to do so if that is what is needed for you to believe me. You do not need to pass nasty remarks on LKY, if God make him to be a Malay and let him rule for 22 years I believe Malaysian would have achieved Wawasan 2020 by now. If Anwar can give Malaysia what LKY did to Singapore, I am ready to accept him and you should call him BABY instead of BABI. Who knows that is what God has planned? We need a better Malaysia for everyone in regardless.